Will a wild mallard join our flock of ducks??

[dpingtrich352]

We gained an extra female mallard, would a wild one just come and join our flock?

 

[sourland]

It very well might. A truly wild mallard will spook and fly off at your presence. A habituated or escaped bird will be calmer.

 

[Fisherlmiranda]

I have one that is hanging around my pond. She flys off tho when I call my ducks in for the night. They go into there pin but she flys off into the woods.

 

[Jpat]

I have one that is hanging around my pond. She flys off tho when I call my ducks in for the night. They go into there pin but she flys off into the woods.

That makes me sad haha

Cool Tho!

 

[dpingtrich352]

It very well might. A truly wild mallard will spook and fly off at your presence. A habituated or escaped bird will be calmer.

She never comes out of the pond when we feed all the other ducks, she doesn’t come any where near us at all.

 

[sourland]

Sounds like a true wild mallard rather than an escaped bird.

 

[dpingtrich352]

We only have 2 male mallards and she now makes the 5th female mallard.

 

[dpingtrich352]

We now have 45 ducks...
We have a little bit of everything it seems like lol

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Nice!

 

[Fisherlmiranda]

That makes me sad haha

Cool Tho!

Me too! It's only been like 2 weeks that shes been hanging around. I keep hoping that she will just join in lol